Hydrant-thawing device



Dec. 21,1926. 1,611,606

F. .1. POPE HYDRANT THAWING DEVI GE Filed Feb: 10, 1925 Patented Dec. 21, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK JOSEPH Pol E, OF KITCHENER, ONTARIO, CANADA.

f-IYDR-ALTT TIIAVJZ1-TG DEVICE.

My invention relates to iniprowineuts in l'iydrant. thawing ClEVlt and the object (it the invention is to devise a simple and ottertive means for thawing out hydrants should they become frozen without the necessity of having to use cuinhersonie apparatus as is at present the case.

A further object to devise an. electric heating element which can he attached to the cap of the hydrantspout and which will tend into the air chamber in the l I all as hereinafter more particularly dercjhcd and illustrated. in the accompanying; drawing in which:

Fig. 1 represents an elevational view of the upper portion of a hydrant partly in section showing my device applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical section through a hydrant spout cap showing my heating element applied thereto, and

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view thereol.

Like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the difierent views.

1 is the hydrant and 2 is the air chamber therein. 3 is one of the hydrant spouts. 4 is a spout cap provided with a central orifice 5 through which extends the holder 6 upon which is mounted my electric heating elcment 7, aid holder 6 being provider with a plug 8 connected by the wires 9 with any electric light circuit.

The holder 6 is provided with an interin-cdiate shoulder 9 which is adapted to engage a shoulder 10 on the ring 11 which is adapted to extend over the holder and to he Serial No. Q

secured to the inner lace oi the cap end by means of the screws 12.

lVhen a hydrant is trozeu a spout cap provided with my heating element is screwed onto the spout 3 in place of the ordinary cap and the wires 9 connect-ed to any suitable electric light circuit. Thus the air chainher and the entire interior ot the hydrant l is heated with the result that any ice around the valve of the hydrant is thawed out.

From the above description it will he apparent that I have devised a simple and effective means for thawing out hydrants which will he exceedingly effective in use and which can be readily carried from hydrant to hydrant. Moreover. I have constructed a device which will entirely do away with the cumbersome apparatus at present in use for this purpose.

hat 1 claim as my invention is:-

A device for thawing hydrants cornpris ing in combination, an externally threaded hydrant spout a cap internally threaded and screwed onto the externally threaded spout of the hydrant. a horizontally disposed in wardly extending; electric heating element, a holder for the electric heating element tending through the cap end and having a shoulder disposed interinediately ot its length, a ring extending around the holder 65 and having an in 'ardly extendin portion engaging the shoulder on the holder, and means for securing the ring to the cap.

FhANK JOSEPH POP 1G. 

